1,
In her second year of high school, her father, He Zhoushen, lifted the "punishment" imposed on Jiang Ling. She was brought back to Beicheng and transferred to Guanghua Private High School.
Her half-sister seemed to casually affirm a friend's remark at school: "She's an illegitimate child." She let the rumors spread unchecked.
Some people looked down on Jiang Ling, while others waited to see her make a fool of herself.
Jiang Ling had no intention of paying them any mind.
She just wanted to graduate and come of age as soon as possible, then leave this disgusting quagmire without looking back.
But things never go the way you want.
2.
Guanghua Private High School was full of outstanding students, yet Cen Yuye still shone brighter than them all.
His handsome face, hailed by all as Nuwa's masterpiece, along with his courteous nature, top grades, and perfect, wealthy family background, was enough to make countless girls fall for him.
In the shadows of the music room on the top floor of the school building, the boy leaned down, his cold knuckles pressed against the collar of the girl's uniform as he rubbed them against it suggestively.
Cen Yuye no longer wore his usual impeccable mask. His lips curled in a cool, thin smile, his dark, shadowy eyes reflecting Jiang Ling's seemingly ever-calm face.
"What a heartless little butterfly."
When she finally left, Jiang Ling broke things off cleanly and disappeared without a trace, leaving no message behind.
Just as Cen Yuye had said, she really was heartless enough.
3.
Years later, after returning to China, Jiang Ling heard people talking about the hottest music producer around. The name was all too familiar: Cen Yuye.
She never expected they would run into each other so soon, or that it would happen at her filming location.
The young women on her crew blushed and tried to stifle their excitement as they whispered in awe nearby.
At a colleague's introduction, she calmly held out her hand to the man. "I've heard so much about you, Mr. Cen."
He seemed entirely unfazed. Slowly, he reached out and enclosed all her fingers in his palm, tightening his grip little by little.
Jiang Ling winced in pain, but he still did not let go.
Only then did Cen Yuye speak. His tone was calm, but Jiang Ling alone could hear the fury gritted through his teeth.
"It's been a long time, Miss Jiang."
In his seventh year since debut, after countless fans and netizens urged him to, Cen Yuye released a new work: "Dedicated to the Butterfly."
It shot to the top of music charts around the world almost as soon as it was released.
The post announcing the new song contained just one brazenly public declaration:
Dedicated to my one and only butterfly.
[Reunion after years apart / Rekindled romance / School and city life]
# Clear-eyed heroine x Young master who pretends to be gentle but is truly arrogant, and bows to her alone
# Both leads are each other's only one | Happy ending
Theme: Love that goes both ways
